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Y HAMB TU G. No. 382,058. Patent'edMay 1; 1888.

@www Attorney UNITED STATES PATENT EFICE.

JOSEPH s. soHOtrT, OE BURLINGTON, IOWA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of lettrs Patent o. 32,059, dated lVay 1,188g.

Application tiled July 1l, 1887. Serial NoA 244,038. (Model.)

To all whom imay concern.-

Be it known that I, JOsEPH S. SCHOTT, a citizen of the United States,-residing at Burlington, in the county of Des Moines, State of Iowa, haveinvented a new and useful Im-A provement in Hame-Tugs, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to hame-tugs in which a plate having a loop uponone end connectL ing` it with the hames,and loops upon the other end toconnect it with the harness saddle and girth, is provided on each side,preferably near the middle, with a flange having aseries ot'perforations; and the object of my invention is to provide a simple andconvenient mode of fastening this plate to aleatherbacking underneathsaid plate. I accomplish this by the mechanism illustrated in theaccompanyingdrawing, in which the figure represents a face view of myinvention.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In the drawing, A represents a plate for a haine-tug, being provided atone end with the loop a for connecting it with the hame, and having atits other end the loops b for connecting it with the harness pad andgirth. This plate A is on each side thereof and preferably' near themiddle provided with the anges B B, each of Which'has'a series ofperforations, as illustrated in the drawing. The plate A is furtherprovided at each end with the perforated ears b b.

G is a leather backing ina haine-tug underneath the said plate A. Theplate A is fastened to this leather backing by means of rivets throughthe perforations in ears b b. In

order to secure the plate A more securely to the leather backing C, thesaid backing is sewed to the flanges B of the plate A through theperforations in said flanges.

I am aware that plates have been used heretofore in hametugs, yet I knowof none in which perforated anges were ever used. In

making use of perforated anges attached to the plates, as heretoforedescribed, I do away with the necessity of having a top layer of leatherfor my plate, which is a great savmetal.' This is particularlyadvantageous when'the leather has become worn or injured and it isdesirable to remove the leather and use metallic plates again. Whenrivets are used,it requires time and labor and also great care toextract the rivets without injuring the metal plates, while when threador cord is employed, as I have shown,- it is only necessary to rip thestitches bya knife orother cutting device.

Another important' advantage of stitching instead of riveting is that aflexible and lnot a rigid connection is had between the two materials.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,isn i As an improved article of manufacture, a hama-tug consisting of ametallic plate having a loop, a, formed on its forward ends, and lateralloops b, formed near its opposite ends, lateral flanges B, formed aboutmidway of its length and havinga series of perforations, the said platealso having lugs with perforations b at its corners, and the leatherbacking C, riveted thereto at the corners of the plate and united byrows of stitches through the perforations, substantially as specified.

JOSEPH S. SCHOTT.

Witnesses:

C. MARBLE, W. E. WoonwARD.

